ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC
M&G
Concert at the Civic Theatre
02.03.14
One
of the best baroque bands around, the AAM brought their new programme
to the Civic for this very enjoyable evening's music-making.
It's
based around the Dresden Court of Augustus the Strong. Vivaldi's
Venetian style was very popular there, apparently, especially when
brass and wind were added to the mix. So the concert began and ended
with concertos featuring lavish wind parts as well as virtuoso
writing for the violin – the two horns, in particular, vied with
Rodolfo Richter's fiddle [whose history goes back further than the
music he played] to spectacular effect.
William
Carter, whose lute is a mere ten years old, was the soloist in
Fasch's Concerto, with
its sensuous slow movement.
In
a generous programme, we also heard a colourful Overture by Veracini,
and two works by JS Bach, a
lively
Third Brandenburg, and the Concerto for Three Violins, with its
scintillating finale.
The
last Civic Concert for this season, at the end of the month, will
feature the Orchestra of the Swan in Mozart
and Britten.
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